Online purchase of digital media bundles

US7899714B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey L. Robbin · Los Altos, US
• David Heller · Los Altos, US
• Mike Wiese · Cupertino, US
• Patrice Gautier · San Francisco, US
• Ellis M. Verosub · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2011
• Expiry date: May 14, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one non-playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained in the media asset bundle, determining if a presentation request has been made for a media asset in the media asset bundle, and presenting the requested media asset. Further, these techniques involve playing the media assets in a media asset bundle by selecting a media asset in the media asset bundle, determining whether the media asset is playable or non-playable, presenting the media asset using an appropriate media asset viewer if it is playable, not playing (skipping) the media asset if it is non-playable, and selecting/playing other media assets in the media asset bundle until no more media assets are available to be played.